577. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing units in Cork city and Cork county that currently remain below BER C; the number upgraded in 2023 and 2024; and the projected number that will remain below BER C in 2030 on the current delivery pace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66209/25]
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578. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of heat pumps installed in social housing in Cork city and Cork county in 2023 and 2024; the target for 2025; and whether these installation levels align with national climate commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66210/25]
579. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the level of funding allocated to Cork city council and Cork County Council under the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme in 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66211/25]
580. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way cost inflation in retrofit works is being monitored; whether cost escalation is affecting the number of units delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66212/25]
581. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether staffing shortages or contractor capacity constraints are affecting the ability of local authorities to meet retrofit targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66213/25]
582. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department tracks reductions in energy poverty among social housing tenants following retrofitting works; and when such tracking will be published on a national and local authority basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66214/25]
583. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated gap between the current retrofit pace and the Government’s target to retrofit 36,500 local authority homes by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66215/25]
584. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing retrofits completed in smaller Cork settlements including Blarney, Tower, Glanmire, Grenagh, Whitechurch, Mayfield and surrounding areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66216/25]
585. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is any mechanism, existing or discretionary, that would allow a sole-director small business to qualify for the vacant property grant, given that the renovation is strictly for personal residential use to bring a derelict property in a small town back to use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66217/25]
586. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish derelict sites levy data for 2024. [66231/25]
587. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 19 November 2025, the number of dwellings fitted with solar PV; the average cost per installation; the average kW installed; the targets that exist for solar PV under the EERP scheme, in each of the years 2020 to date 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6623…
588. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66362/25]
589. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that the Fire Service has adequate training, equipment, and response capability for large-scale BESS incidents; and if capability-gap reviews can be published. [66758/25]
590. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a school (details supplied), which received DEIS status in 2022, has not yet been approved to provide hot meals to its students; the steps her Department will take to ensure that the school can access the hot school meals programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66158/25]
591. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application from a college (details supplied) for funding towards a breakfast club for the current academic year was denied; if this decision will be revisited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66169/25]
592. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit and separately supplementary welfare allowance in the name of a person (details supplied). [65258/25]
593. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider changing the eligibility criteria for fuel allowance given the increasing numbers of adults living at home, where a single pensioner (details supplied) who lives alone falls well below the income threshold and is eligible for the payment, however if they have an adult child living with them no matter their income then they are no longer…
594. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Social Protection the options available for a person (details supplied) who is unable to return to their job, due to injury, and has had their back to education payments revoked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65435/25]
595. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection the process for service users applying to both the PRSI wig grant and the HSE grant wig allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65473/25]
596. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a number of schools (details supplied) will receive notice that they have received sanction under the school meals programme. [65537/25]
597. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection when an applicant (details supplied) will expect to hear from his Department regarding a review of their entitlement to the State pension (contributory) and their desire to switch back to a contributory pension. [65538/25]
598. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has since been advised that they are set to lose the free travel pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65573/25]
599. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 26 September 2023, No. 465 of 11 June 2024 and No. 1175 of 4 November 2025, to address the information given in to the earlier questions which showed totals of 26,733 and 20,287 people respectively; whether it is in fact possible that this number could have since fallen to just 231 as stated in the recent res…
600. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on jobseeker's benefit in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [65698/25]
601. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on issues around State support for a person (details supplied). [66012/25]